Brain Breakage

[masahi]

Hoshigumi's 2001 Rose of Versailles shinko. Yuu as Oscar. 2-ken Baby!Chie as Andre. Baby!Chie when she still occasionally lapsed into girl voice. Yuu as the girliest Oscar I've ever seen. My brain! It is broken!

(Incidentally, the people who were surprised when Chie was officially nibanted to Touko - WHY were they surprised? Nibante role in her second year shinko and 5 shinko leads in total + 5 main show leads as well? And her doing all Touko's dancing for her? How could they not see it coming?)

Comments

[charis]

See, I have no experience with the anime or manga beyond being able to recognise the art, so while I intellectually know that's wrong (from what I've heard of it), there probably isn't that same visceral "NO NO NO" that fans (or even those just more familiar with it) have -- but I can completely understand that reaction. (I threw things at my computer screen over one particularly bad adaptation. I better understand? XD )

... do wish they'd mix things up sometimes and change choreography, because the differences in acting styles only do so much to make something new and interesting -- and because I love comparatives. But sigh, that seems to be Simply Not Done.

[masahi]

I'd definitely recommend watching the anime. It's so bitter and dark and delightful in some parts. Plus, much to my surprise, I ended up with a great big squee crush on Alain, who is simply wonderful. Plus, Oscar is hardcore ;) And it's actually surprisingly historically accurate.

[charis]

Oh really? I'll have to put it on my list -- I know I D/Led it at one point but have no idea where it wound up. Gonna need more things to watch when I actually get back to sewing again ... *fail*